Party General Secretary welcomes French Senate President

The visit takes place as both countries are preparing for the 50th founding anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the 10th anniversary of their strategic partnership next year.

It was also the first visit by a French Senate leader in 14 years and the first made by Larcher since he took office.

Party chief Nguyen expressed his delight at the growth of the bilateral relations in politics, economy, culture, locality-to-locality cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.

Speaking highly of the outcomes of the talks between the French Senate President and Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the Party leader suggested both sides build on past achievements to facilitate exchanges and meetings at all levels and enhance mutual support at multilateral forums.

Larcher, for his part, informed the host that leaders of the two legislatures had agreed to increase exchanges and meetings between parliamentarians, step up cooperation and share experience among subordinate committees via visits and exchanges.

He also wished to deepen the relationship further by promoting cooperation areas in the new period, such as digital transformation, sustainable development and national defense, in parallel with traditional cooperation fields such as locality-to-locality partnerships and people-to-people exchanges.

The two leaders discussed several regional and global issues of shared concern. On this occasion, General Secretary Nguyen asked the French Senate President Gérard Larcher to convey his regards to French President Emmanuel Macron and other French leaders./.